lawn sprinkler
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The Feynman sprinkler problem is typically framed as a thought experiment about a type of lawn sprinkler that spins when fluid, such as water, is expelled out of its S-shaped tubes or "arms."
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
As the stars orbit and their expanding winds sweep outward, the dust spirals out like the jet from a lawn sprinkler.
From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2023
As his lawn sprinkler ran one summer day in 2019, “I heard this spitting and sputtering … like when you go down to the bottom of a glass with a straw,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2022
It was worth it to meet Joanne Rogers, Mr. Rogers’s widow, who is a veritable lawn sprinkler of niceness.
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2019
He returned proudly carrying his prize; was handed in over the gunwale; shook himself like a lawn sprinkler; and resettled himself in the bottom of the boat.
From The Adventures of Bobby Orde by Brehm, Worth
